tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post111924325941713970..comments2024-03-29T03:30:25.637-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: You Bring the Torches and Gasoline, I'll Bring the PopcronJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119477398026790792005-06-22T14:56:00.001-07:002005-06-22T14:56:00.001-07:00The answer is, yeat it still exists and I was part...The answer is, yeat it still exists and I was part of it.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119477372351521382005-06-22T14:56:00.000-07:002005-06-22T14:56:00.000-07:00The intellectual left has been in retreat since th...The intellectual left has been in retreat since the Berlin Wall came down. It still exists, but the old alliences and groupings are no longer there. The focuss changed immediately from workers and proloterians to identity poiltics and Derridian postmodernism.<BR/><BR/>That sitatuion remained through the 90s, with some easing off identity poiltics but they never have really made a return to the worker's revolution. At one point in the late 90's there was a substantial incrase the Marcuse faction; this was led by the academic journal my brother and I published. But it was real, a lot more sutdy of Marcuse took place at that time, moreso than since the 1960s. Also the frankfurt school and Jurgen Habermass came into their own.<BR/><BR/>I dont' really know the situation now.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119467915843840592005-06-22T12:18:00.000-07:002005-06-22T12:18:00.000-07:00Hey Meta, well like i said on Doxa Forums i really...Hey Meta, <BR/><BR/>well like i said on Doxa Forums i really DID want your opinion of the state of the intellectual left. (You being the practicing intellectual and all.) Is there an intellectual left, still? Is it active and coherent?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119409681719767772005-06-21T20:08:00.000-07:002005-06-21T20:08:00.000-07:00Thanks guysThanks guysJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119386934622010122005-06-21T13:48:00.000-07:002005-06-21T13:48:00.000-07:00... "wut URBILD said "...... "wut URBILD said "...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119367520593102192005-06-21T08:25:00.000-07:002005-06-21T08:25:00.000-07:00I assumed Bede's reporting was accruate. That is a...I assumed Bede's reporting was accruate. That is a good point. I see there is a serious distinction in word choice. Although I'm not sure that a list of "harful" books is that much better.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119363702470120512005-06-21T07:21:00.000-07:002005-06-21T07:21:00.000-07:00I will note here, as I did on the Bede's Library m...I will note here, as I did on the Bede's Library mailing list, that the conservatives in question did NOT use the phrase "dangerous"; they used the phrase "harmful". The difference in meaning is important: "dangerous" implies censorship is needed; "harmful" implies that careful study is needed in order to prevent these books from again gaining influence. Indeed most conservative intellectuals would argue that these books OUGHT to be studied, so that people can see just how wrong-headed and harmful they were, and a large number of conservative intellectuals have written very detailed critiques of the ideas in these books (including Keynes).<BR/><BR/>Maybe you should open your mind a little, and read some of these critiques. If you attribute anything to them that they do not in fact advocate, associating them with book burners, that is itself a form of intolerance and suppression of speech. They ought to be free to express their opinions without being smeared.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you (as James suggested on his weblog) should name a few books that you consider to have been harmful. That would bring about dialogue and discussion, rather than the angry, self-righteous denunciation.jack perryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681558050302289235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119360511187398252005-06-21T06:28:00.000-07:002005-06-21T06:28:00.000-07:00you are not welcome here, get out.you are not welcome here, get out.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119305132465858892005-06-20T15:05:00.000-07:002005-06-20T15:05:00.000-07:00Hey, my friend, do not descend to their level, whi...Hey, my friend, do not descend to their level, which is what happens when you start swearing and calling names. YOU are smarter than that, dear Metacrock!Dorcas (aka SingingOwl)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15626748280614018533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119249995069852382005-06-19T23:46:00.000-07:002005-06-19T23:46:00.000-07:00I can lose weight, you will still be stupid.I can lose weight, you will still be stupid.Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1119249429160163312005-06-19T23:37:00.000-07:002005-06-19T23:37:00.000-07:00StoupwadStoupwadJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.com